"First Hunt"
BY: Nicky Dee
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hiya! This is my second garg story concerning my characters the half-demon garg Ebony and her huge gargoyle friend Egor! I really hope you like it. It concerns their first outing into the city... without permission from a certain stony-faced clan leader. To get to know more about Ebony's and Egor's background then please read "Diary of the Damned, a Gargoyle's Diary" by mui. If you want to read other fan fics by me (DBZ and Pitch Black) then please check out my other author name NikkiD. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or complaints then please email me! Oh and I'm always hoping for art concerning my characters so if you're a talented artist then go ahead, draw em and send them to me! I'm planning to eventually open a site with my fan art and fan fictions but I'm always on the look out for some new stuff! Later!
DISCLAIMER:
Ebony and Egor belong to me. If you use them without my permission then I will sue you for all you own and love. Tee hee! Innocent smile. The rest of the characters belong to Buena Vista and Disney. I used them only for entertainment and I made no money off their characters. So I hope you don't sue me. Anyway I don't have any money so don't waste your time. Later!
NOVEMBER 1996, 1 Month After "A Gargoyles Diary, Dairy of the Damned: Dark Ebony"
It was a Friday night, around 9 o'clock. The sun had set a half an hour ago.
Everyone in the castle was awake.
Especially a certain young, demon, she-garg named Ebony and a huge, green-skinned he-garg named Egor.
Ebony squealed as she stormed down the stone hallway of her new home, two blurs, one dark green the other light blue, hot on her tail. The green blur was her life long friend Egor; the blue blur was Bronx. The three were playing freeze tag, once again ignoring Xanatos's strict rule of no playing tag in the castle. Ebony laughed happily turning her head to see Egor right behind her, the two gargoyles in a hurry to get away from the rampaging Bronx. Bronx was obviously 'it'.
"What in the world?!"
Ebony glanced down the hall to see a disgruntled Elisa looking at them, a face of absolute disbelief on her face. Ebony smiled and put in a fresh burst of speed. Bronx yowling loudly in his excitement as the three ran down the hall, running full tilt past Elisa, who had just stepped out of her room to see what all of the fuse was about. "Hi Elisa!" Ebony gasped as she ran past the poor detective, Egor thundering after her, nearly crashing into Elisa. Egor skidded several feet, his tail lashing out and slapping Elisa on the thigh, his wings and arms spread out as he tried to stop his momentum. Elisa had been staying over a lot, causing the rest of the clan to wonder what really was going on between the young New York detective and a certain clan leader.
Giggling with malice Ebony suddenly skidded to a stop (causing Egor to yelp as he barely avoided crashing into her), and waited for the onrushing Bronx, her sky-blue eyes dancing. "Come and get meeee!" Ebony challenged in a high voice. Bronx was more then happy to oblige.Barking madly, Bronx lunged forward, his teeth chopping air as Ebony easily dodged to the side, her body gliding eel-like through the air, as though flouting. Egor skidded to a stop, gauging out streaks into the rock floor, turning to watch Ebony and Bronx duel it out. Ebony loved to do this, it gave her a chance to practice her defence manoeuvres.
Ebony's wings quickly melted away, followed by her tail, giving her now humanoid-shaped body even more manoeuvrability. Elisa, who by now was standing nearby Egor watching, gaped at this sudden show of magic, her eyes wide. Despite all her time seeing weird stuff like gargoyles, fays, and such, it still took some getting used too seeing Ebony using her powers. Egor smiled sympathetically at the human, cheering Ebony on. "Yea Eb, that's it! Dance around him!"
Ebony giggled as she and Bronx continued their macabre dance, Ebony flipping backwards like a pro gymnast when Bronx jumped forward, planning to crush her under his weight. Bronx was quickly realizing that Ebony was a lot quicker then she looked and became more aggressive in his tactics. Barking loud enough to be heard in San Diego, Bronx bounced forward, quickly cornering Ebony to a wall. Ebony responded by running up the wall, leaving claw-marks into the stonework and flipping over Bronx's head.
Then with a small POMF! Ebony's crashed headlong into Goliath's massive chest and with a yelp Ebony fell backwards onto her backside.
Silence filled the halls once more.
"What do you two think you are doing?" Goliath rumbled, looking down at Ebony, scowling.
Ebony looked up at Goliath sheepishly, blushing, making her dark ash grey skin seem black. "Umm... playing?" Ebony suggested helpfully, smiling weakly, seeing Elisa roll her eyes.
Egor put the same smile on his face. "Yeah... playing." he said lamely, his forest green skin on his face turning into a deeper, black green as he blushed, running a hand through his long mane of brown hair, embarrassed.
Goliath scowled again. "You two know your not supposed to be playing inside the halls. Now go."
Still blushing, Ebony got her feet, her wings and tail melting out of her back and rearranging themselves once again. As they left Ebony quickly turned to see Elisa walk up to Goliath, their clan leader taking the detective into his arms, probably discussing on how big a pain she and Egor were. Ebony smiled. It looked like Angela's suspicions were right. Ebony turned her head and quickly headed down the hall, still panting from her exercise, smiling brilliantly at Egor. "Well that was fun!"
Egor nodded. "Yeah... while it lasted."
Ebony scowled, feeling tired. This always happened whenever she used her powers. After every single spell she ever made Ebony ended up feeling drained. Owen said something about her having a high metabolism, whatever that was. Goliath always complaining didn't help matters. Ebony still was not used to following orders from Goliath. Nearly all her life Ebony didn't take orders from anybody. It has been three months and by now Ebony and Egor had more or less adjusted to life in the castle, learning more and more about the amazing things of this New World everyday. Having Elisa around has helped. Ebony, humming pleasantly to herself with Egor trailing behind her. Ebony headed for the kitchen, hoping a bite to eat would make her feel better.
Seated around the table, pigging out of junk food was Lexington, Brooklyn, and Broadway. Angela was seated nearby, looking pissy, reading a magazine. "Hiya Guys." Ebony said, pulling on Brooklyn's ear, scowling at the junk food, which consisted of Doritos, salsa, Chinese sweet and sour chicken and several bottles of soda. Ebony had always prided herself in trying to eat healthy and strolled to the fridge, hoping to find a bottle of fresh Orange juice and maybe some rice crackers to nibble on. Egor however loved Chinese and sat down to join the other males in their dinning.
Brooklyn smiled at Egor, noting the sweat on his green brow. "Why you sweating Egor? Been making out with Ebony in the closet again?" Brooklyn teased. He received a hard slap on the back of the head from Ebony, who glared at him with steely sky-blue eyes.
"I think Ebony answered your question." Egor said simply, grabbing the massive plate of Chinese chicken from Broadway and pouring some onto his plate, getting a glower from Broadway, who never liked being parted from his food.
"Humph. Ignore him Egor." Angela hissed, glaring at Brooklyn too. "He actually thinks jokes like that are amusing."
Brooklyn turned a deeper shade of red and looked away to stare at his plate of Doritos's and salsa, mumbling something that sounded like "At least I can take a joke, unlike some people..." Ebony rewarded him with another slap.
Silence filled the kitchen; the only sound was Ebony who was still rummaging for a carrot. Egor glanced at Angela and Brooklyn, wondering what that was about. The two older gargoyles obviously had a beef about something. The two had been pissy toward each other for the past week. It started on the day that they two flew off together somewhere called the Cloisters. When they came back Angela went to her room and didn't come out until the sun was about to rise. Egor shrugged and guessed it had to be some romantic melodrama between them. "Elisa's is staying here tonight." Egor announced, stuffing a large piece of chicken into his mouth.
"Again?!" Lex goggled. "Why is she? This is the third time this week!"
Brooklyn rolled his eyes. "You actually have to ask? Me and Angela knew for weeks!"
"Knew what?" rang Ebony's voice from the insides of the fridge.
Everyone (except Ebony) leaned close to Brooklyn, their eyes darting around, making sure that no one else would hear. Brooklyn smiled, glad to have so much attention, his grin faltering when he saw the scathing glare Angela gave him. "Well, on our first night here after the fight with the Hunters Angela saw Elisa kiss Goliath on the mouth!"
THUNK!
Ebony's head shot up, hitting the roof of the refrigerator. Impervious, Ebony spun around, her eyes wide. "No Way!" she squealed, then paused, remembering what she saw the first night she met Elisa...
Brooklyn nodded, seeing everyone else was too shocked for words. "And on Wednesday Owen complained about a lot of noise coming out of Elisa's room, where she and Goliath were supposedly talking about some robbery."
A collective gasp resonated from all of the young gargoyles, everyone looking at each other in barely contained shook. Lex shook his head, his eyes wide. "Goliath and Elisa? Doing each other?! No way!"
"It's true!" Angela called from the couch, smiling for once. "I saw them kiss."
Broadway looked up, a faraway look in his eyes. "I wonder what it's like... to see them together... gargoyle and human... it's so bizarre!"
"Tell me about it!" Egor muttered, chewing thoughtfully.
"Well I for one am happy they hooked up!" Ebony spoke up, turning to pursue her search for food once again. "From what I've seen the two are meant for each other."
After several more minutes Ebony finally straitened, a bowl of strawberries, a carrot and a large cup of Orange juice in her hands. Ebony smiled, headed to the sofa where Angela was seated. Popping strawberry halves into her mouth and chewing on the end of the carrot, Ebony smiled at Angela, offering her some strawberries. Angela hastily took one and continued reading her magazine.
Ebony scowled. She knew there was something going on between Angela and Brooklyn and Ebony was just itching to find out what it was. Quickly finishing her carrot and strawberries, Ebony looked over Angela's shoulder, glancing at the article Angela was reading. "Separated Parents: How Do They Affect Their Daughters?" Ebony frowned. This had to do with Demona? Or maybe she was pissed about Elisa hooking up with Goliath.
"Angela? Can I ask you something?" Ebony whispered, glancing up at the males, noticing Brooklyn's inquisitive glance. "In private?"
Angela looked up from her magazine, her eyes betraying her annoyance. With a sigh of resignation Angela got to her feet and followed Ebony out, Ebony pausing to down her glass of Orange juice and put the used plates down. Ebony led Angela up to the battlement, hoping that some nice fresh night air would calm the older she-garg a bit.
Once Ebony made sure that no one was around (Owen had the bad habit of snooping), the younger half gargoyle turned to study Angela. "Okay Angela, what's going on? You and Brooklyn have been at each other's throats for a week now. What happened?"
Angela flushed into a deeper purple, her face a mix of anger, annoyance and sorrow. "I can't tell you." Angela muttered, turning away to study the city below.
Ebony felt her eyes narrow, annoyed. "Does it have to do with Demona?" Ebony demanded.
Angela flinched and Ebony knew that she had found the needle in the haystack. "It does, doesn't it?" Ebony hissed, stepping forward and taking Angela arm. "Tell me."
Angela ripped her arm out of Ebony's grip and glared down at the younger gargoyle, her voice dripping with spite. "I don't have to tell you anything! Just because you lived with my mother for several months does not mean that you are entitled to know everything about her!"
Ebony felt her wings flare and her tail was quivering with barely repressed fury. "Angela, your obviously upset." Ebony said quietly, trying very hard not to sound angry, "I know you and your mother have had some bad turns in de past but ye have gotta get dis off yer shoulders." Damn! Her Irish accent was coming out! It always did that whenever she got pissed.
Angela glared at Ebony and spun around, heading back inside. "I don't have to say anything to you! Now just leave me alone!"
Ebony glared at Angela's back and squared her shoulders, wanting to punch something. Ebony snarled to herself, muttering curses as she turned to glare down at the city that lay beneath her. As always the site calmed her, awed her...
She had been in this New World for seven months now. The first four months she spent living with Egor at Demona's house. This was during the "Hunter's Moon' as Demona would often call it. When her plan for her revenge with the Hunters failed Demona tried a last ditch attempt at revenge by forcing Ebony to nearly kill Every human in America, using a ancient spell and the powerful rocks of Avalon, threatening to kill Egor if Ebony did not obey. Unfortunately for Demona, Ebony did not react well to Demona's treachery and using the powers she inherited from her demon mother Ebony was able to turn the tables on Demona. After making sure that Egor would live (Demona had shot him in the chest) Ebony broke Demona's arm and left. Afterwards Ebony had to carry Egor all the way to the castle and beg to be let in, using an illusion spell to get past all the humans on the street...
Ebony closed her eyes, forcing herself to think about something else. Ebony looked down at the city, feeling its siren song beckon, calling her... Ebony, ever since she awoke, had been desperate to go and explore the city. Demona never let her or Egor leave the confines of her house and now Goliath insisted on Egor and Ebony to stay at the castle, claiming neither of them were ready to see the world they were brought into. Every time she thought of it made Ebony wanted to scream. There it was! Waiting for her! All of NYC beckoned...
Ebony groaned low, imagining what was happening right now. It was Friday. All the young human teenagers were out having fun, going to parties, clubs, movies or just walking around in the street. 'Hanging out' as Brooklyn called it. He and the others would often go to places like the movies or a concert, the stories they told Ebony and Egor causing them to go screaming to their leader, insisting that they have permission to leave. But they would always get the same answer.
No. No, you may not leave. No, you may not go with the others. It always was no.
Ebony snarled.The argument that she had with Angela long forgotten, Ebony stormed down the hallway, her eyes afire by the time she re-entered the living room. None of the others noticed her come in, everyone was seated in front of the large TV screen, a movie playing. Hudson, Elisa and Goliath were there as well; Hudson seated in his usual lazyboy with Bronx at his feet, and Goliath in a deep conversation with Elisa. Egor was seated on the floor with the trio and Angela, laughing at some stupid joke Brooklyn must have made.
Ebony marched forward and, ignoring the others, grabbed Egor by the arm, hauling him up to his feet. Then Ebony led him out the door, Egor staring down at her, confused. "Ebony, what in the hell are you doing?!" Egor asked, glancing back at the others, seeing the trio laughing about something. Brooklyn must have made that 'kissing in the closet' joke again.
Ebony ignored Egor's questions until they were at the battlements where she finally let his arm go and stared up at Egor, her eyes determined. "Egor, I want to go down to the city." Ebony started.
Egor's eyes widened. "What?! Now?!"
"Yes, now." Ebony said slowly, her eyes on Egor. "I'm not going to wait, I am not going to sit tight. I'm going to go out there and explore just like I promised myself I would when I first gazed at the city seven months ago."
Egor put his hand on his forehead and groaned, knowing Ebony was serious. "Ebony, do you have any idea how much trouble you're going to get in?! The clan will go ballistic if we go."
Ebony smiled. "'We'?" Ebony asked, raising an eye-ridge.
Egor nodded. "Yes, 'we'. There is no way in hell I'm going to let you go out there alone without me. God knows what will happen!"
Ebony smiled. "In other words you're just as curious as I am about the city."
Egor winked, smiling. "Yeah, that too but I was hoping to sound more heroic if I made it look like I wanted to go just to protect you."
Ebony winked back. "When Goliath asks I tell him that. Hopefully he'll believe it."
Egor smiled weakly and sighed. "Eb, you are one crazy pain in the tail..." Egor sighed again, looking down at the city, his face softening at the sight. "But who cares, right? You only live once. So, where do you want to go?" Egor asked as he climbed onto the wall and opened his wings, glancing around to make sure no one was watching.
Ebony leaped up onto the parapet next to him and opened her wings as well, her short black hair dancing in the wind. "I was thinking of checking out that Statue of Liberty thingi and then maybe catching a movie."
Egor shrugged his massive football player shoulders and smiled. "Fine by me! Race you!" The two giggling in energized excitement and malice, they dived off the ledge and with their hearts burning with curiosity and rebel joy, heading away from the protective, confining stone walls of Castle Wyvern...
MEANWHILE...
Owen watched the two leaving, a satisfied smile on his face.
So young Ebony and her lumbering friend, Egor, had finally sprang the coop. Goliath was going to find this very intriguing. For several minutes Owen debated with himself, wondering whether he should tell the huge, purple clan leader or let him find out for himself. After a half an hour of thinking it over Owen made up his mind, not caring that by now Ebony and Egor would be long gone. Marching up to the clan's suite, which Xanatos had given to them as a present, Owen made his way toward Goliath who was still in deep conversation with his beloved Detective Maza.
"Excuse me sir, I have some news that might interest you." Owen said, taping the larger being on the shoulder.
Goliath looked away from Elisa, a VERY annoyed glower touching his stony features. "What is it?" Goliath asked.
Not at perturbed by the cloudy glare Goliath given him, Owen continued, an obvious sneer on his bland face. "The young Mr. Egor and the energetic Ms. Ebony had just flown off just now, saying something about taking a gander at the city and perhaps going sightseeing. I believe they will return tomorrow." Owen said and was very gratified to see Goliath's face transform into a dumbfounded mug of disbelief.
"What?!" Goliath and Elisa yelled in unison.
"They left?!" Brooklyn gasped, getting to his feet. "Just now?!"
"Actually they left a half-an-hour-ago." Owen corrected.
"WHAT?!?!" Lex squeaked, shocked. "What took you so long to tell us?!"
Owen smiled coldly. "Mr. Xanatos does not pay me to inform you on the actions of your own clan members. I couldn't decide if I should do you this small favour." Owen said then turned and left, a very Puck-like smile on his face.